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January 2022
Table DL-20
AGE | MALE DRIVERS | FEMALE DRIVERS | TOTAL DRIVERS | ||||||
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NUMBER | PERCENT OF TOTAL DRIVERS |
DRIVERS AS PERCENT OF AGE GROUP 1/ |
NUMBER | PERCENT OF TOTAL DRIVERS |
DRIVERS AS PERCENT OF AGE GROUP 1/ |
NUMBER | PERCENT OF TOTAL DRIVERS |
DRIVERS AS PERCENT OF AGE GROUP 1/ |
|
UNDER 16 | 30,477 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 31,158 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 61,635 | 0.0 | 0.7 |
16 | 510,724 | 0.5 | 24.1 | 530,824 | 0.5 | 26.1 | 1,041,548 | 0.5 | 25.1 |
17 | 924,952 | 0.8 | 43.8 | 926,873 | 0.8 | 45.7 | 1,851,825 | 0.8 | 44.7 |
18 | 1,252,547 | 1.1 | 57.7 | 1,214,008 | 1.1 | 58.3 | 2,466,555 | 1.1 | 58.0 |
19 | 1,502,302 | 1.3 | 67.8 | 1,427,419 | 1.2 | 67.5 | 2,929,721 | 1.3 | 67.7 |
(19 AND UNDER) | 4,221,002 | 3.7 | 32.8 | 4,130,282 | 3.6 | 33.4 | 8,351,284 | 3.7 | 33.1 |
20 | 1,656,073 | 1.5 | 75.9 | 1,580,768 | 1.4 | 75.8 | 3,236,841 | 1.4 | 75.8 |
21 | 1,707,488 | 1.5 | 78.1 | 1,638,150 | 1.4 | 78.3 | 3,345,638 | 1.5 | 78.2 |
22 | 1,751,152 | 1.6 | 79.8 | 1,693,111 | 1.5 | 80.5 | 3,444,263 | 1.5 | 80.1 |
23 | 1,802,646 | 1.6 | 81.1 | 1,755,012 | 1.5 | 82.8 | 3,557,658 | 1.6 | 81.9 |
24 | 1,862,470 | 1.7 | 81.8 | 1,831,232 | 1.6 | 84.5 | 3,693,702 | 1.6 | 83.1 |
(20-24) | 8,779,830 | 7.8 | 79.3 | 8,498,273 | 7.4 | 80.4 | 17,278,102 | 7.6 | 79.9 |
25-29 | 9,877,215 | 8.8 | 82.3 | 9,836,887 | 8.5 | 85.5 | 19,714,102 | 8.6 | 83.9 |
30-34 | 10,040,658 | 8.9 | 88.4 | 10,145,739 | 8.8 | 91.6 | 20,186,397 | 8.8 | 90.0 |
35-39 | 9,791,007 | 8.7 | 90.0 | 9,951,962 | 8.6 | 91.7 | 19,742,969 | 8.7 | 90.8 |
40-44 | 9,134,777 | 8.1 | 92.2 | 9,330,698 | 8.1 | 93.2 | 18,465,475 | 8.1 | 92.7 |
45-49 | 9,093,582 | 8.1 | 90.2 | 9,261,209 | 8.0 | 89.8 | 18,354,791 | 8.0 | 90.0 |
50-54 | 9,429,043 | 8.4 | 93.5 | 9,588,705 | 8.3 | 92.3 | 19,017,748 | 8.3 | 92.9 |
55-59 | 9,910,420 | 8.8 | 93.1 | 10,213,030 | 8.8 | 90.9 | 20,123,450 | 8.8 | 92.0 |
60-64 | 9,421,499 | 8.4 | 95.6 | 9,872,279 | 8.5 | 92.1 | 19,293,778 | 8.5 | 93.8 |
65-69 | 8,022,199 | 7.1 | 97.8 | 8,552,643 | 7.4 | 92.4 | 16,574,842 | 7.3 | 95.0 |
70-74 | 6,415,298 | 5.7 | 98.7 | 6,881,712 | 6.0 | 91.4 | 13,297,010 | 5.8 | 94.8 |
75-79 | 4,136,255 | 3.7 | 95.8 | 4,498,344 | 3.9 | 84.3 | 8,634,599 | 3.8 | 89.5 |
80-84 | 2,459,398 | 2.2 | 91.8 | 2,709,572 | 2.3 | 74.5 | 5,168,970 | 2.3 | 81.8 |
85 AND OVER | 1,862,873 | 1.7 | 77.2 | 2,129,412 | 1.8 | 49.0 | 3,992,285 | 1.7 | 59.0 |
TOTAL | 112,595,057 | 100.0 | 84.7 | 115,600,745 | 100.0 | 83.1 | 228,195,802 | 100.0 | 83.9 |
(1) These percentages are computed using population estimates from the Census Bureau. For computation purposes, Under 16 age group data is compared to 14 and 15-year-old population estimates; the other age brackets coincide with those from the Census Bureau.